Category: Ed Institute

What is the Success Academy? And why should you and your kids care? If you’re interested in answering these questions, you may want to drop everything, fire up some joe and read this article right away!

In the next few moments, we’ll discuss the tremendous growth of Success Academy Charter Schools and their innovative approach to solving problems that exist within today’s public schools.

With a track record that boast the highest scores among New York State performing schools in the last 8 years, surely you’d agree that Success Academy is definitely on to something!

So it isn’t much of a surprise that the top five schools in Math are all Success Academy Charter Schools. It’s also not very shocking that two of the top five English schools in New York State are, yes, you guessed it, Success Academy Charter Schools. With results this exceptional, it’s only fitting that we take a gander at how the Success Academy works.

As opposed to more traditional methods of teaching, Success Academy elementary students start by only receiving 80% of direct instruction a day. This forces them to actively learn, which is proven to be more effective than outdated memorization techniques of the past.

As pupils progress and grow into pre-teens in middle school, they will focus more on critical and abstract thinking. These concepts not only bode well for classroom success, but they also translate favorably into the boardroom (real world).

At Success Academy, students build a strong core for learning early on in their academic careers. And this trend is only amplified when students enter high school, where they will focus on essential STEM track (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fundamentals. But the learning doesn’t stop there. What’s so cool about Success Academy is that they focus on students’ overall personal growth? In high school, they will be driven to test their abilities more outside of the classroom, via different avenues of real world exposure, like community service and internships.

So as you can see, kids won’t get the ‘typical treatment’ at Success Academy Charter Schools. There will always be a heightened focus on classroom studies, as well as attitude and emotional well being. And it’s without question that the old adage most definitely applies here – the proof is in the pudding!